Posted by Alexandra Pitkin on April 20, 2013 under Balanced Eating, Body Care, Budgeting, Fitness, Healthy Living, Making choices
You’re not alone. Counting down the weeks until summer arrives, only to realize that the New Year’s resolution to eat healthfully or exercise more has been put on the back burner. In a panic, you might search online for diets, hoping to shed a few pounds quickly. But can any diet help you lose weight while maintaining your energy level, health and sanity?
Let’s work together to filter out the hype and talk about some standards of nutrition and well-being that are right for you not just for the Summer – but for life.
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Posted by Joe Wheeler on July 12, 2011 under Budgeting, Healthy Living, Making choices
When I go to the grocery store and see the basic whole foods that are trending, I think of my father, who was born during the Great Depression. He and his seven siblings woke to a pot of beans on the wood stove and came home to a dinner of homemade bread, baked beans and collard greens, or vegetables easily found on the farms they lived and worked on.
As an adult, my father would talk about how poor his family was, and how the kids would tease him in school about his rustic lunch food, compared with his classmates who had peanut butter and jam sandwiches on sliced bread.
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You’re not alone. Counting down the weeks until summer arrives, only to realize that the New Year’s resolution to eat healthfully or exercise more has been put on the back burner. In a panic, you might search online for diets, hoping to shed a few pounds quickly. But can any diet help you lose weight while maintaining your energy level, health and sanity?
